Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the... more Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the bite of the sandfly Phlebotomus [1]. In Morocco, there exist three species: L. infantum, L. major, and L. tropica, most often responsible for the cutaneous and visceral forms. Mucosal involvement is rare and responsible for invasive, destructive, and treatment-resistant lesions [2]. Herein, we report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis with different epidemiological and clinical characteristics from those of the New World. A nineteen-year-old female patient from the South (Essaouira, Morocco), without any particular personal history, with a father treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis one year ago, consulted for cutaneous and mucosal lesions that appeared eight months previously, painless, non-pruritic, beginning with an erythematous papule that progressively increased in size, with an ulcerated surface and an infiltrated base, two on the lower lip (Fig. 1a), and ten distributed between...
Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon skin metastasis with diffuse cutaneous infiltration affectin... more Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon skin metastasis with diffuse cutaneous infiltration affecting usually the chest. It is characterized by sclerodermiform induration of the skin. Breast cancer is the most malignant tumor that metastasizes to the skin. We report the case of a man, 79-year-old, with an 18-month history of sclerodermiform infiltration in the left chest. The histological diagnosis was infiltrating breast carcinoma with lung and skin metastasis.
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the... more Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the bite of the sandfly Phlebotomus [1]. In Morocco, there exist three species: L. infantum, L. major, and L. tropica, most often responsible for the cutaneous and visceral forms. Mucosal involvement is rare and responsible for invasive, destructive, and treatment-resistant lesions [2]. Herein, we report a case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis with different epidemiological and clinical characteristics from those of the New World. A nineteen-year-old female patient from the South (Essaouira, Morocco), without any particular personal history, with a father treated for cutaneous leishmaniasis one year ago, consulted for cutaneous and mucosal lesions that appeared eight months previously, painless, non-pruritic, beginning with an erythematous papule that progressively increased in size, with an ulcerated surface and an infiltrated base, two on the lower lip (Fig. 1a), and ten distributed between...
Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon skin metastasis with diffuse cutaneous infiltration affectin... more Carcinoma en cuirasse is an uncommon skin metastasis with diffuse cutaneous infiltration affecting usually the chest. It is characterized by sclerodermiform induration of the skin. Breast cancer is the most malignant tumor that metastasizes to the skin. We report the case of a man, 79-year-old, with an 18-month history of sclerodermiform infiltration in the left chest. The histological diagnosis was infiltrating breast carcinoma with lung and skin metastasis.
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